Benedict XVI: A Champion of Peace

The ascension of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI is good news for the peace camp: he will carry on the legacy of John Paul II, whose stance against the invasion of Iraq enraged the War Party — and inspired millions with the hope that God had not...

Be Very Afraid

As if on cue, “neolibertarian” blogger Glenn Reynolds reminds us that he was ahead of the curve in whipping up terror...

Re: Waco, OKC, and the Awful Truth

Thanks a million for the plug, Matt! I just blogged at LRC a little more about the parallels between the scapegoating of the right after OKC and the scapegoating of the left after 9/11. And I agree about the parallels you mention about the demonization of the enemy at...

My Other Car is a Horse-Drawn Plow

I’ve received about a dozen replies to “Oil Supply and Demand.” About half of the replies were hostile and insulting, which would seem to be a strange reaction considering that all I suggested is that oil production is not peaking and that if it were...